yage
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| Playing CDs sounds better than Qobuz — dammit @soix Are you using AirPlay to stream Qobuz? | |
| Digital Gear & Upgrade Question, What do I need? IMO, what you really want to get away from is streaming using Bluetooth, as that's most likely using lossy compression. Personally, I use a Raspberry Pi with Volumio for streaming duties. I can cast from my phone (YouTube Music, Qobuz) via Bubble... | |
| Sotm motherboard So this expensive mobo supports CPUs that are four generations behind for a PC that you’ll probably use with a USB DAC. 🤦 I’m gonna send this to the editors of TechSpot and Tom’s Hardware. | |
| Single Ended DAC vs Dual Differential XLR DAC I don't see what beef people have with ASR or Amir. I think he's doing a great service for the community measuring all this gear. If you like gear with crappy measurements, so be it. The conclusions / recommendations are his opinion so you're fre... | |
| Different R2R DACs Consider reinforcing the bottom octaves with a sub instead of trying out DACs. The Harbeths seem to have a very linear on-axis response in the midrange and treble, but it starts to roll off fairly early - 100 Hz according to this link. That might ... | |
| Jcat netcard XE and USB PINK FAUN on which PCIE ports? We’ll just have to agree to disagree on that. If there was a real problem with the USB interface, you’d notice it for sure (e.g. dropouts, glitches in playback). Otherwise the data is getting from A to B just fine.Think about it - if the USB ports... | |
| Jcat netcard XE and USB PINK FAUN on which PCIE ports? Save your money and get a decent DAC with a good USB interface. | |
| Best DAC+Volume Control under $1000 (used) My vote is for the RME ADI-2 Fs. Chord Qutest if using the receiver as the preamp since you only have single-ended inputs.I've only heard the Qutest and it's a nice DAC. I've got a Benchmark DAC3 which is pretty close to the RME. I've used it dire... | |
| Blue Lights The Ayre QX-5 Twenty uses blue segment LEDs for the main display but the silver function buttons glow red and green, I believe.Benchmark DACs use blue LEDs. | |
| Speaker Decision Paralysis (for large volume loft space) My two cents - if you have access to spinorama or similar measurements, look for smooth on and off-axis frequency response. You'll have a much higher chance of finding good sounding speakers for critical listening and background music.Given your m... | |
| Solar Panel and Inverter Recent Audio Lessons Learned Also have Enphase microinverters (IQ 7+) in a grid-tied system with no battery backup.I haven't noticed any changes to how the system sounds whether the sun is shining or not. | |
| A question about PC audio outputs There's no point in using the motherboard audio out if you're not hearing any interference using the case audio jack. | |
| Ayre Codex (former) Owners, what did you move on to? I compared the QB-9 DSD to the Codex and kept the QB-9. The older DAC sounded more refined and articulate. I feel it would be a worthy upgrade and these days you can find them on the used market at very reasonable prices. Having said that, I've si... | |
| how is digital sound created? @abraxalitoThanks for that clarification - good to know. It's a linear interpolation, so very different from the interpolating filters used in the DACs themselves. The reference I found is at this link - https://www.pearl-hifi.com/06_Lit_Archive/0... | |
| What is a cost effective way to level match, for comparing different hifi components? The most accurate way is with a voltmeter across the speaker terminals while test tones are playing. I've also used an SPL meter with pink noise (C weighting, slow response) to get a rough level match. Hopefully you have a volume control with smal... |